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Election
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Daily Digest
This is Jake
He's been lost in Pittsfield for weeks but frequently sited. He was last seen heading toward the fire station on Peck's Road. He's tired, dirty and needs seizure medication. He's chipped. If you see him, call Julie at 413-537-5616, the vet 24/7 at 413-499-2820 or animal control at 413-448-9700. |
ObituariesSales FliersWhat's Playing
The popular anime character "Astro Boy" searches for acceptance on the big screen.
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BazaarsNov. 7:
VNA & Hospice, Community Room, North Adams
North Adams Elks
10-4; Nov. 8, 9-2
Crafters, Chinese auction, bake sale
For vendor information, Melanie at 413-743-5562.
Nov. 14
Berkshire Community Church, Richmond
10-4; Crafters, bake sale. Contact Evelyn Goggia at 413-445-5747
Lanesborough Elementary School annual Fall Craft Fair from 10 to 4. Free admission, huge variety of arts and crafts, raffles, food and more. Proceeds go to sixth-grade trip to Cape Cod.
Vendors can contact Deb at 413-738-5349 or debhutton@aol.com or Lori at 413-499-0065 or lorittod@yahoo.com to secure a spot.
Dec. 12-13
North Adams Country Club, crafts 9-4; food from That's a Wrap from 11-2. Contact Sheryl Morehouse at 413-822-3329.
Planning a bazaar this season? Submit information to info@iberkshires.com to have it listed here. |
Sports | Thursday, Nov. 06
Boys' Soccer: State Vocational Championship Game
McCann Tech 3, Keefe Tech 2
Girls' Soccer: State Vocational Championship Game
Blackstone Valley 8, McCann Tech 0 |
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Astronomer to Discuss Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence02:06PM / Friday, May 01, 2009
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — SETI Institute astronomer Seth Shostak is returning to Williams College to share his latest findings on the search for extraterrestrials. The event is scheduled for Thursday, May 7, at 8 p.m. in Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall.
The SETI Institute (the Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) is a privately funded organization on the leading edge of research and technology in astrobiology and the search for life beyond Earth. One of the foremost proponents of SETI, Shostak searches for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.
Shostak has been in charge of Project Phoenix, the world's most sensitive and comprehensive search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Using massive radio telescopes, the project targeted specific stars for scrutiny. In its day, Project Phoenix was the largest of its type in the world, making use of an antenna that read across 2 billion channels.
His research will move to the Allen Telescope Array, a new telescope which will allow a targeted search to process 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Because it is constructed with an array of antennas, it can be simultaneously used for both SETI and cutting-edge radio astronomy research. The ATA is being built at the Hat Creek Observatory in the Cascade Mountains north of Lassen Peak in California.
Shostak's research has been published in hundreds of articles in scientific journals and newspapers and in three books. His latest book is "Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence." He has made appearances on CNN, The Discovery Channel, and PBS.
He is the host of SETI Institute's weekly radio program "Are We Alone? Science Radio for Thinking Species." The weekly hourlong radio program features top scientists talking about the latest in genetics, paleontology, technology, physics, evolutionary biology, and even cosmology and astronomy.
Shostak received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University and his doctorate in astronomy from the California Institute of Technology. |
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